Rhampholeon maspictus

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Acrodonta
Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Orthokaryota Cladus: Neokaryota Cladus: Scotokaryota Cladus: Podiata Cladus: Amorphea Cladus: Obazoa Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Cladus: Filozoa Cladus: Choanozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: ParaHoxozoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Superphylum: Deuterostomia Phylum: Chordata Cladus: Olfactores Subphylum: Vertebrata Infraphylum: Gnathostomata Cladus: Eugnathostomata Cladus: Osteichthyes Cladus: Sarcopterygii Cladus: Rhipidistia Cladus: Tetrapodomorpha Cladus: Eotetrapodiformes Cladus: Elpistostegalia Cladus: Stegocephali Cladus: Tetrapoda Cladus: Reptiliomorpha Superclassis*: Amniota Cladus: Sauropsida Classis: Reptilia Cladus: Eureptilia Cladus: Romeriida Cladus: Diapsida Cladus: Neoreptilia Cladus: Parapleurota Cladus: Neodiapsida Cladus: Sauria Cladus: Lepidosauromorpha Subclassis: Lepidosauria Ordo: Squamata Cladus: Toxicofera Subordo: Iguania Infraordo: Acrodonta

Rhampholeon maspictus Branch, Bayliss & Tolley: 17

Holotype: PEM R18072, adult ♂, collected by a W.R. Branch, J. Bayliss and W. Conradie on 27 May 2009.
Type locality: “in the vicinity of the main forest base camp, Mt. Mabu, Zambézia Province, Mozambique (16°17'10.1"S, 36°24'02.2"E; 967 m a.s.l.)”.

Branch, W.R., Bayliss, J. & Tolley, K.A. 2014. Pygmy chameleons of the Rhampholeon platyceps complex (Squamata: Chamaeleonidae): Description of four new species from isolated ‘sky islands’ of northern Mozambique. Zootaxa 3814(1): 1–36. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3814.1.1 Reference page.

Tolley, K.A., Conradie, W., Farooq, H., Verburgt, L., Alexander, G.J., Sardinha, C.I.V., Raimundo, A. & Bayliss, J. 2019. IUCN: Rhampholeon maspictus (Near Threatened). The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2019: e.T61364057A149767110. DOI: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2019-3.RLTS.T61364057A149767110.en. Accessed on 01 March 2026.